Sales support assistants perform a variety of general sales support tasks, such as supporting the development of sales plans, managing clerical activities of sales efforts, verifying client invoices and other accounting documents or records, compiling data, and preparing reports for other company departments.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Checking figures, postings and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy and proper codes;
(b) Operating computers programmed with accounting software to record, store and analyse information;
(c) Classifying, recording and summarizing numerical and financial data to compile and keep financial records, using journals and ledgers or computers;
(d) Calculating, preparing and issuing bills, invoices, account statements and other financial statements according to established procedures.
(e) Compiling statistical, financial, accounting or auditing reports and tables pertaining to such matters as cash receipts, expenditures, accounts payable and receivable, and profits and losses.